"...as Intel switched from ramping up the clock to ramping up the per-cycle efficiency with the Core 2 and their complete architecture overhaul."
During the P4 era, Intel quietly developed the PentiumM architecture which was derived from the P3. They did this because they felt the P4 may not be suitable for low power applications. Once they realized the P4 wasn't suitable for ANY application, they switched architectures back to the PentiumM and renamed it "Core" to avoid the taint of the P4. The Core architecture wasn't an overhaul, it was a slight of hand disguising of a Pentium 3 evolution. So you see, Intel didn't switch to per-cycle efficiency, they switched BACK to it. Every generation of architecture prior to the P4 improved per-cycle efficiency. The P4 wasn't the culmination of a certain kind of clock-ramping design, it was an aberration that was eventually corrected.
"One of the 'places' where macs excel is for people who just want (or only have the time) to use the computer, not treat the computer as part of the experience."
You have that backwards. For many Mac users, the computer itself is the experience.
"Those could show up as noise in the analog components of the system, such as the audio outputs."
Even in a system that has no audio outputs at all?
The tester's system that used the cables was simply a NAS serving files over a network. The audio components were entirely separate. The idea that there was any kind of radiated or conducted interference is preposterous and the data itself could not be effected due to the error correcting nature of SATA itself.
We also learned that it won't run Windows because it doesn't fit in the flash. I guess the author didn't consider the lack of console and ARM processor.;)
The moved away from pyramid burials because the burial chambers were too easily looted. Tut's chamber was not a cave, it was a small chamber taken over from a less important person. Tut died suddenly and young and had not yet prepared an elaborate chamber of his own.
"In a sense, the Mac Pro is the only "UNIX workstation" on the market today. There are tower machines made by Sun and IBM which can be used as such, but not sold as this."
The Mac Pro isn't sold as a Unix workstation either. I guess it's the only one when you exclude all the others.
"All we know is that a significant event we call the "Big Bang" occurred and we have no visibility before that."
We don't even know that. It's a theory.
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Today it would be Apple, not Microsoft. It's curious how few seem to understand this is what fueled the success of the iPod and the iPhone. Both were weak on features when introduced and both did well anyway because of the power of the company behind them, just like IBM with the PC.
Regardless, the openness of the PC platform is what led to its success.
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"(The story sometimes is described as: group A saw the code, wrote up a description of the code, then showed only the description to group B. This is at least approaching honest.)"
That's more than just a story and this is lore only to people who hadn't lived it. It was not hard to find programmers who hadn't seen the tech ref manual. What WAS hard was getting decent code out of them. It wasn't just Compaq that clean-roomed a BIOS.
It sure is great Apple invented this so that we can now talk about high resolution displays. Wasn't that long ago Apple was saying 100dpi was fine and it was gospel. Meanwhile, 300-400 dpi is not at all required unless you have a viewing distance that's quite close. Pixel density isn't the issue, viewing angle is.
IBM introduced a 300 dpi, 22" display 9 year ago. It's hardly new.
What problem do non-square pixels solve when the image will ultimately be displayed on a square-pixel display anyway?
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"...as Intel switched from ramping up the clock to ramping up the per-cycle efficiency with the Core 2 and their complete architecture overhaul."
During the P4 era, Intel quietly developed the PentiumM architecture which was derived from the P3. They did this because they felt the P4 may not be suitable for low power applications. Once they realized the P4 wasn't suitable for ANY application, they switched architectures back to the PentiumM and renamed it "Core" to avoid the taint of the P4. The Core architecture wasn't an overhaul, it was a slight of hand disguising of a Pentium 3 evolution. So you see, Intel didn't switch to per-cycle efficiency, they switched BACK to it. Every generation of architecture prior to the P4 improved per-cycle efficiency. The P4 wasn't the culmination of a certain kind of clock-ramping design, it was an aberration that was eventually corrected.
"One of the 'places' where macs excel is for people who just want (or only have the time) to use the computer, not treat the computer as part of the experience."
You have that backwards. For many Mac users, the computer itself is the experience.
"Those could show up as noise in the analog components of the system, such as the audio outputs."
Even in a system that has no audio outputs at all?
The tester's system that used the cables was simply a NAS serving files over a network. The audio components were entirely separate. The idea that there was any kind of radiated or conducted interference is preposterous and the data itself could not be effected due to the error correcting nature of SATA itself.
We also learned that it won't run Windows because it doesn't fit in the flash. I guess the author didn't consider the lack of console and ARM processor. ;)
excellent response
He was hated because he was a corrupt SOB. Ridiculing him for his fake expertise was just the low hanging fruit.
"hating his politics should not be about forgetting your humanity"
politics and humanity are often exclusive, particularly with Stevens
Sure I don't buy anything but I bring a lot of friends who don't either!
I come here for the free stuff, give it to me or risk losing all the freeloaders that tag along.
It looks great on glass, too.
Child porn is what you have that they don't like, it's not what they have that you don't like.
"Child pornography must be pornographic."
No it doesn't, it doesn't even need to be a child.
"You simply have to prove that the purpose of the image is not for "deviant gratification"."
The government has to prove its case against you, not the other way around.
"As long as their contact is necessary and professional, then it's allowed."
What you mean is that it matters WHO benefits from it.
The moved away from pyramid burials because the burial chambers were too easily looted. Tut's chamber was not a cave, it was a small chamber taken over from a less important person. Tut died suddenly and young and had not yet prepared an elaborate chamber of his own.
Not really recently.
"Compare with about 3Wh/g for LiFePo4 batteries..."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery :
"Gravimetric energy density = >90 Wh/kg[11] (>320 J/g)"
Note that this doesn't include the battery packaging whereas the SCiB battery does. In other words, you are way, way wrong.
"In a sense, the Mac Pro is the only "UNIX workstation" on the market today. There are tower machines made by Sun and IBM which can be used as such, but not sold as this."
The Mac Pro isn't sold as a Unix workstation either. I guess it's the only one when you exclude all the others.
"All we know is that a significant event we call the "Big Bang" occurred and we have no visibility before that."
We don't even know that. It's a theory.
Today it would be Apple, not Microsoft. It's curious how few seem to understand this is what fueled the success of the iPod and the iPhone. Both were weak on features when introduced and both did well anyway because of the power of the company behind them, just like IBM with the PC.
Regardless, the openness of the PC platform is what led to its success.
...and stability.
Two obsolete processors, one older than the other?
"That said, a Desktop level performance ARM chip is something that hasn't been done yet,..."
The very first ARM processor was for a desktop.
Thanks for proving history is easy to forget.
Sony bought out HD-DVD. The market didn't decide it.
"(The story sometimes is described as: group A saw the code, wrote up a description of the code, then showed only the description to group B. This is at least approaching honest.)"
That's more than just a story and this is lore only to people who hadn't lived it. It was not hard to find programmers who hadn't seen the tech ref manual. What WAS hard was getting decent code out of them. It wasn't just Compaq that clean-roomed a BIOS.
Who says a display has to be raster-based? The market did. If you knew your history, you wouldn't ask that question.
It sure is great Apple invented this so that we can now talk about high resolution displays. Wasn't that long ago Apple was saying 100dpi was fine and it was gospel. Meanwhile, 300-400 dpi is not at all required unless you have a viewing distance that's quite close. Pixel density isn't the issue, viewing angle is.
IBM introduced a 300 dpi, 22" display 9 year ago. It's hardly new.
What problem do non-square pixels solve when the image will ultimately be displayed on a square-pixel display anyway?